The Sun. — London, England, 1808-10-15 00:00:00

TO CO RR ZESPO :\DENTS S. * x * Vi. 7 e are happy in the opportunity of resuoling this day the Historical Review of i3uou A P'A R T,T.'§e , c.atn - p4igib lii Italy ; 2nd we advise our Readc: , .;to be careful-of the Pa pers which will contain the :cries of this adniiroble article, as it atiOrds a complet , ... - - analysis of the French Despot's Military and Political Character. • MAILS. ARRIVED—I Dublin, 2 Waterford. Dui--1 Gottcriburgh, .1 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY )T TWELVE. O'CLOCK. COrtSCds - , 2 dii. THE SUN. 401. MA QUIS DICGRA !ALBUM AUDYAr .L 0 N D 0 N, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1.5, ,1808. We have received several Portuguese Papers, from which we have made some interesting extrads. The Liston Gazette contains an apology from the Editors to the Public, for the gross misrepresenta tions and falsehoods which appeared in that Paper during the time the French were in possession of that city. It appears that the French were not satisfied with exercising an influence over that Paper, for LA GARDE, the French General of the Police, was adually appointed and exercised the fun&ions of Editor. It is a little whimsical to ob s.:ive the extreme difference between the language of the Portuguese Journals and the English Oppo sition Prints. While the latter are daily assuring us that the Portuguese are indignant at the Conven tion, the former are filled with expressions of joy for the delivery of their Country from the yoke of France, and of gratitude to Great Britain for the prompt and .powerful assistance 'which she afforded her ancient Ally. WE regret that we are compelled, by want of room, to postpone, till Monday, the insertion of a very important Spanish Document, viz. the Mahi festo of the Royal Council of Castile, at Madrid, in which they distinctly and candidly state the motives which led, or rather compelled them, to give an ap parent support to the Usurper. We mentioned yesterday the arrival of Captain MARTIN, of the lvilacalle, with Dispatches from Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ and Mr. THORNTON ; and the probability that, as the latter was still on board the Russian Squadron, some negotiation for the surrender was on foot. Private letters indeed state, that the idea of getting possession of the Ships in Porlt Baltic had been given up, as the entrance of the Port was too strongly fortified to admit the en trance of our Squadron, or even Fire-ships, or any other mode of attack. The crews of the Swedish Fleet, it is said, were so much indisposed, as to render it necessary for them to return into port. It is stated, besides, that the Russians had fixed a chain across the harbour, and had thereby such an :tdditional security against any serious annoyance, that the guns of the Ships had been taken out, and carried on shore, where the Ships also hz:Jbeen dis mantled, and hauled in close. Still, however, as they could not be in a very comfortable state, we are disposed to believe that the Negotiation will proceed, or that the British Admiral will find means to renew the attack, and bring it to a successful issue. The last letters from Cadiz which have reached us express, very confidently, the popular expedation as to the result of the.contest ‘Aith France. Indeed they do net appear even to betray a doubt: . They state that no less than 1,400,000 men are now in arms in Spain. Yesterday M. M. Arlen:nat.:l-to, the Swedish Mi nister at our Court, had a conference with Mr. Secretary CANNING at the Foreign Office, which lasted between two and three hours. We understand that the Lords Lieutenants of Cortars have received circular letters from the Secretary of State, requiring to have forthwith en rolled those Volunteer, who have oil red their ser vices as Local Militia, and at the same time to have them regimented in bodies, not less than 700 or more than 1200 rank and file, forming from eight to ten companies. A General Court of Lieutenancy is shortly to be holden at the Castle of Exeter, for adopting the necessary measures ; one of them will be for allotting the litiAreds in Divisions, so as for the Volunteer Corps of each Division trans ferring their services to be regimented under the command of the Senior Officer, and for the said Division to keep up tire establishment complete by ballot ; appointing at the saute time the market town neareA the residence of the Commanding Officer as the heed quarters and depot of the re giment. Dispitches from hear-Admiral Putty's have been receiveil. The 4'.;heerfui Cutter, which was charged them, arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday. Tl (17 contain no intedigence of importance. Lord CowNowooD is at present employed in the block ode of Totilon. He sailed from Gibraltar for that Fro - pow, the Ist of last month. The Port Admiral at Portsmouth has received or ders to treat the Russia►► Admiral, Officers, and sailors, with all attention acid politeness. The Ships are so be taken into the , ' harbour as soon as their powder has been landed. This work has been de layed in consequence of the want of casks to store it n, as it is at present principally made up in cartridges on board the Squadron. NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTET, OCT. 13.—Sailed the niumph, of 71' guns, to join the Channel Fleet ; the Lilly Sloop of War for Madeira ; and La Fleche Sloop of War for Port smout b. Arrived t he Duke of Kent, EDMONTON, from Que bec, with masts and timber for the Duck-yard. FALMOUTH, OCT. 12. Sailed the following Packets : Duke of Kent, Capt. LAWRENCE, for Bar badoes ; Noccton, BLIGHT, for the Mediterranean ; and the Manchester, DAviEs, for New York. ISLAVDS OF SCILLY, OCT. Io.—Came in the Speculatiai2, WHEELER Master, from Southamptop, laden with timber and hoops, bound to Limerick. DEAL, SEPT. I4.—Arrived, this 'morning, the Beagle, Glonttn, Rolla, Crocus, Royalist, and Obe ron Sloops ;'the Bustler, Fearless, and Desperate Gun Brigs ; from the Westward. Sailed, this morning, the Ephira Sloop, and Supply Naval Transport, to the Northward. Arrived, this day, in the Downs, the Ada Ship Herald, from Buenos Ayres. SHEERNESS, OCT. 14.—Arrived the Sarpen Sloop of War. By the Diona, which brought the Gottenburg/z Mails to Harwich, several passengers have arrived from Sweden —among others, M. De BRINCKMANN, as Envoy Extraordinary to the British Court from his Swedish Majesty, and Mr. TELFORD, the Engi neer, who has for some time been employed by the King of SWEDEN, in surveying and making out the line of an inland navigation through the vallies and lakes of that Kingdom.—Nothing conneeed with the improvement of Sweden can be a matter of in difference to the British Public at the present mo ment. Many of our Readers must know, that from Gottenburgh, by means ot the river Gotha, and the works at Tromatta, there-is already a navigation from the North Sea to the Lake Wenern, about 90 miles in lengib, which is beneficial to the public and profitable to the undertakers ; but a communication was still wanting from the Wenern to the other great lake Wettern, (which is about 72 miles in length) and from thence to the Baltic. The import ance of this has long been evident, and we are happy to learn from Harwich, that Mr. TELFORD has been able to mark out a track particularly favourable for a navigation, upon a scale which will admit of Vessels fit to navigate these great lakes, and also the Baltic. This stupendous undertaking, besides being the means of agricultural improvements to that country, will open a more direct intercourse with the inex haustible forests of Sweden, and afford another communication with the Baltic in the time of war. It will much exceed, in real importance, the adding of Provinces to the kingdom. Some advices have been received from Portugal of a later date tlein - those to which we adverted yes. terday. The Pluto Sloop, Captain JANVERIN, at. rived on Thursday morning at Portsmouth, from the Coast of Spain and Portugual. She called off Lisbon on the 3d, and is said to be the bears' of Dispatches from Sir CHARLES COTTON, for Govern ment. According to the acne - tints brought by this conveyance, Lisbon, and the vicinity of that Cipis tal, had been completely evacuated by the French troops at the time the Pluto sailed. It is stated, that the detachment of the French which had been stationed at Elvas, in Portugal, de murred evacuating it. Sir H. DALRYMPLE, how ever, sent a letter to the Commander, ordering the place to be evacuated : but the French Officer observed, that the letter presented to him might be a forgery, he not knowing Si r H EW ' S h an d- wr i t i ng, and that he might be made responsible for yielding implicit obedience to an order of that sort. This hesitation on the part of the Commander of the French division, creased some surprize in the mind of the British Commander in Chief, and not less indignation in that of the Spanish troops who still remained in ,Portugal. The latter in their rage are said to have thrown some shells into the place, and the former ordered General Hopp; to march his brigade to enforce the surrender of the place. On the appearance, however, of a British Officer, . it was generally expecl e d th a t no further difficulty to surrendering' the town would occur. ALFRED SOCIETY.—About two hundred and fifty persons, chiefly of the first distinction, have already formed themselves into a Society, designated by this name. The principles and rules are like those of the fashionable clubs, except with respeCt to play, which is totally excluded. His Grace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY is a Member. The first Meeting was held on Thursday, at the Clarendon Hotel, in Bond-street, Earl SPENCER in the Chair. This So- I ciety, from its constitution, as well as from the cha- •1 reefer of its Founders and Subscribers, promises to be the first association of the kind in the Empire. The inhabitants of Cork, with a humanity truly laudable, have lately, by means of a Charitable Lot tery, raised a considerable sum of money, for the better establishment of their Poor Schools. Their generous spirit was manifested in the purchase of not less than 20,000 tickets ! A similar plan, we hear, is about to be adopted in Dublin, for the pur pose of fouudiug an Economy House, or General Place cf-Asylutu, for Orphans and distressed Young Women of unblemished charaaer, in which they are trained up in strid habits of industry, and fitted for the different domestic duties of families. A curious circumstance happened in a lane lead ing trot - n Cork -street, Dublin, a few days since An old wan having died, and a carpenter's boy be ing sent to muoure him for a coffin, the limbs of the corpse being much cramped and drawn up, the boy sat on his knees to straighten his legs and thighs, so that he might the better take its length, when the body tiecesurtly bouncing up, struck the carperver, who \vas so much atfrighted, thathe leaped instantly out of a one-pair of stairs window in o the street. The circumstance occasioned much lanz,l4.ei in the ,ne;ghbourhood. SIR 44RTNUR WELLESLEY. Notwithstanding all that we have known of the violence of party, we were surprized as well as shock ed at an attack upon the charaaer of this gallant Offi cer, which appeared in a Morning Paper of yesterday. Whatever might be thought of the Convention of Cintra, the battles which preceded it were by all parties acknowledged to he in the highest degree honourable to the rniltary talents of the Commander, and it has generally been admitted, that if that Com mander had been suffered to follow up his plan, the success of his operations would most pro bably have preve - nted fhe necessity of any Conven tion at all, by reducing the Enemy to unconditional submission, The testimony of !the Officers 'con cerned in the aaious alluded to, manifested in a pre sent of a piece of plate, with an inscription expres sive of the warmest admitatien and 'esteem for Sir ARTHI7II WELLESLEY, might be thought a sufficient shield against any attacks upon his military charac ter, if his previous services had not excited the re sped and gratitude of his country. But the violence of party has even gene back to one of his great achievements . in India, in order to blight his well earned laurels, asserting that, in the Battle of Assye, by "a shameful oversight in the Commander, our troops found themselves within a few gun shots of the enemy, before any suspicion was entertained that there was an enemy within many miles of their march; that our Army was considered by all as having fallen into a scrape; and that by the re peated charges of Colonel GILLISPEY'S squadron of horse, it was saved from a situation which was con sidered as desperate." Never was there a more shameless violation of truth than this passage exhibits !—The faa is, that on the 21st of September, t 803, General WELLES LEY and Colonel STEVENSON formed a junction at Badnapoor, when it was resolved that they should again separate into two divisions, and advance to wards the Enemy by different routes ; a plan that appeared to afford the best means of forcing the Confedetates to a general action, which they sheaved a strong disposition to avoid. Generpl WELLESLEY reached Naulnair on the 23d, where information was received that the Combined Armies were encamped about six miles from the ground which it was his in tention to occupy. Without waiting for Col. STEVEN. SON'S division, which had not arrived, GerI.WELLES LEY at once determined to attack the Enemy, justly conceiving that, if he had waited for that division, the Confederates would be aware of its approach, and, in pursuance o( the defensive system on which they ailed, withdraw their guns and infantry in the course of the night, in order to avoid the combined attacks of the British forces ; but by attacking them with his own division, he thought they might be tempted, by the smallness of his force, to engage him. • The result is well known : the British Armycon sisted of 4500 men, of whom 2000 were Europeans; and the force of the Confederates was thirty thousand strong. They were, however, no match for the spirit, discipline, and steadiness of the British force, condutSted by so intrepid, so prudent, and so able a Commander. Yet this is the aaion which has been the foundation of Opposition falsehood, and malignity; and to mend the matter, the triumph of the day is ascribed to a Colonel GILLISPEY, whereas there was no such Officer in the Army that Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY commanded when he achieved a victory so honourable to the British Arms. But we shall resume the subjeet on Monday, and present to our Readers a full account of the anion which has been thus scandalously misrepresented. FINANCIAL PROSPERITY of the cot:A-7'l7r Thestate of the Public Revenue, which is at all times a matter of the highest interest, becomes par ticularly so in a time like the present, and under the peculiar circumstances of the war in which we are now engaged, requiring the most unprecedented pe cuniary exertions to maintain it. It is therefore with the greatest satisfaaion that we now present to our Readers, the result of the quarterly accounts which have lately been made up at the Ex. chequer, and which afford the most substantial proorof the very flourishing condition of our finan cial resources. From these it appears, that in the quarter which ended the loth instant, the surplus of the Consolidated Fund has amounted to 2,714,0001. This is the largest quarterly surplus of that• fund that has yet been known. In the c or r es p on ding quarter of 1807, it amounted to 2,310,0001. 13u; as there is a sum to be deduaed from each of these amounts, on account of the deficiency of the preceding quarter, (the Consolidated Fund being loaded with the heaviest charge in the Quarters end ing sth July and sth January, on account of the Consols in those periods)—the following statement will be a clearer mode of exhibiting the actual sur plus produced towards the current service of the year, in the half years ended 10th Oalober, in 1807 and 1808 respectively : Su/plus on the zoth 04tober, 18'7 - 4 2 , 3TQ , 0 00 Denua deficiency of sth July to be m a d e goo d 148,0c0 Remained 'surplus applicable to the service of the year 2,162,00 Surp;us Loth OF }ober, 1803 ,t,2,714,00e DcduCl deficiency at sth . 406,500 Remains surplus applicable to the grant of the year - 2,308, 0 ° It only remains to be observed, that the whole surplus granted for the service of the year 18072 (ending oth April, 1808) was 3,750,0001. and that considerably more than that sum was actually pro duced within the year. For the present y e ar, 3,500,0001. only has been charged upon the same fund ; so that, deduaing from that sum the 2,308,0001. above stated, there remains onlY 092,0001. to be produced in the two ensuing quarters of January and April, to complete the grant. There appears therefore the strongest pro.. bability, that there will be a considerable excess at the disposal of Parliament, at April 1898. With respet to the War Taxes the prospe& is not less favourable : Their amount in the quarter just ended, is Z. 6,4 , 14,7'1 n the corresponding quarter of last year, it was 6,179,0' The net produce of the Property Tax paid into the Exchequer in the year ended loth of Oc. tober, tBoS, is - - - zt,Sszpoo° The following is an Extract of a Letter lately re ceived from Versailles : " From the concurrence of unfortunate circum stances, we have been detained here since the corn rnencement of the last war, and I much fear must wait the conclusion of it, before we are likely to be set at liberty; however, we are treated with great civility and kindness by the Authorities, as well 0 the inhabitants. We partake in all their amuse' ments, and are received and entertained as if we were not strangers, or, in other words, prisoner / amongst them, We are the only English 1 . 0 1 4 who have be e n pe rm it te d t o s t a y i n V erse iliette,A , as it Is so n e a r 'P ar i s , and rnarrr of th e- former polo , lity reside here, they do not choose that foreigner° in general should be so near them. Sir T. and Lad! C. live at Paris; he has lately sent this son to -Ear land to be placed at Harrow—his twoalaughters or s at school at St. Germain. Lord B. and his son ar e at Moulines, where, I am told (although it is lightfil country), no one takes notice of them, " A ui they are cons e qu e ntly unc o mf orta bl e. Lord an Lady S. and Lady B. left this country last summer • my feord, from 'his age and infirmities, had perm' s ' sion to return to Englaqd. There are many other English families at Paris, as it is easier to have per mission to reside there than at Versailles ; but so Paris is unpleasant in summer, we prefer Versailles, where we have an excellent house, with a veil pretty garden, &c. &c. for about 1601. a year--ir is a complete Gentleman's house, and such as in the summer Places of England (Bath, ere.) they walk' expeect 101. or 151. a week for. Paris is astonishing" ly improved within these four or five years—the new' buildings are magnificent ; and almost the '" h In Continent has contributed to the establishment statues, piaures, and curiosities of various kinds' The Court is now become th e most splendid, the most magnificent raree-show that can p o ssibly ' an conceived; in short, it was , a f ew months a go, assemblage of Kings, Queens, and Princesses — s cale to plead for what they have lost, others to ask for more. I saw here, in O&ober last, the Queen of PRUSSIA'S sister (niece to the Queen of ENGLAND) , a most beautiful woman. You have robbed us of Madame CATALANI ; but I am told many in Eng land prefer BANTI and BreeteoroN's singing. Their singing, in general, at the Opera at Paris, is detest able; but the dancing, decorations, and dresses, sre very magnificent. They have at the Opera, I shook' think, a hundred good dancers —twenty equi n e good with VESTRIS ; so that their' B a ll e t s are th most enchanting things I ever saw. They also pay great attention to their The a tr e , an d h ave so me ea pital performers, both in the tragic and comic line' They keep up so exactly the ancient costumes in their dresses, that it carries on the deception or il lusion much more than on the English stages."' Every Lady must be dressed in the Greek or Roman manner ; and those who have taste, and some, knowledge of drawing, visit the G a ll e ries of Steil and Pictures in the morning; to fancy a dr e ss 0 11 ornaments 'for the evening —many succeed wood° , fully." THE OPERA 140 USE.—Having convicted the se : cret enemy of Mr. TAYLOki of a falsehood, in ing that he " wishcd to receive cash" froiri HARRIS for the use of this Theatre, when be V s ` c i tively refused to have any thing to do with it, proposed that it should he vested in a banker's han d ' we shall drop the suojett, as it would be an elid l°- task to contend with bush-fighting malevolence. I, The dwelling-house of Mr. JOHN RILEY, stapler, near Bermondsey Church-yard, on Thursday morning was broke open, and rubbed of some silif et . premises of Mr. JAMES ADAMS, a carrier, io the same sheet, we e broke open the same inurnitl: supposed' by the same gang, ;Ana robbed of a c l u3l tit) , cf leather of onsiderabic value. BATH, OCT. 13. This beautiful City was never so full at so early a part of the year as at present. It is difficult to procure lodgings ; and there is every reason to ex pe& a most brilliant season. The alterations and improvements have been so many and rapid, that an absentee of five years might be at a loss to find his way. Union-street and New Bond-street afford a spacious communication from the Upper to the Lower Town, and to Great Pulteney-street. MEYLER'S Library, adjoining and communicating with the Great Pump-Room, is the fashionable lounge. The Theatre commenced its operations on Satur day last, and was well attended. Mr. YOUNG dis played first-rate talents in Zanga ; the sublimity and grandeur of the concluding scene could scarcely be surpassed. The Leonora of Miss JAMESON was marked . by delicacy, feeling, and pathos. The dif ferent Performers were warmly greeted on their ap pearance. The present Establishment of the Royal Naval Hospital at Plymouth has been settled as follows, by an order of the Right Hon. the Privy Council, at the recommendation of the Right Hon. Lords Commi;- sioners of the Admiralty : the Warrant was sent down last week : Governor Four Lieutenants, each sicians of to years lt other Physicians Sri tKeOIIS Assent and St , -, , ,P,rd ll.ispeoser and Chaplain Governor's Clerk First Clerk to the Agent First Clerk to the Storard .Soo aao per Annum. 21. 2s. per Diem. 6001 500 I 35 0 300 ?per Annum. 150 I so 150 a~